Paleo diet, like cavemen, is just the beginning

5:22 PM,
Aug. 26, 2013

People who adhere to the Paleo Diet say it's more of a way of life than a way of eating. The premise is you don't eat anything that cavemen couldn't hunt or gather. Such foods are displayed with mastodons outside the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis. While it's growing in popularity, experts debate its safety.

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The Paleo diet, which gained credence around 1997 with the rise of the Internet - although its foundations go back to at least 1975 - advises going back to the Paleolithic period of 10,000 years ago for guidance on how we should eat.

The food regimen has been labeled the caveman diet for its attempt to mimic what ancient hunters and gatherers ate, but hunting and gathering isn't what it used to be. ...